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INTRODUCING... Sebastian Arcelus as Lucas Goodwin.WHAT'S HIS DEAL?: OK, OK: we know Lucas isn't a new character per se, but since his arrest and imprisonment in Season Two, we haven't seen Zoe Barnes' former lover in quite some time. Lucas, however, is the first face we see in the Season Four opener and he's bartering a way to get out of the clink and tell someone about Underwood's murderous past.

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INTRODUCING... Neve Campbell as campaign consultant LeAnn HarveyWHAT'S HER DEAL?: At the start of Season Four, Claire Underwood (Robin Wright) has run away to her childhood home in Texas to get away from her husband during the primaries. She's hired LeAnn Harvey, a decorated campaign consultant to help her formulate a plan to secure a seat in a congressional race for her home district. Harvey, however, has much bigger ideas for her new client.

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INTRODUCING... Ellen Burstyn as Claire's mother, Elizabeth Hale.WHAT'S HER DEAL?: Undoubtedly the greatest addition to the series, Burstyn plays Claire's no-nonsense matriarch who's not only fighting lymphoma, but also her son-in-law for turning on her daughter.

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INTRODUCING... Cicely Tyson as Texas Congresswoman Doris Jones.WHAT'S HER DEAL?: The veteran actress enters the series as aging Congresswoman Jones, a respected leader of her community who plans to pass her torch on to her daughter, Celia. While Claire claims to be visiting her cancer-ridden mother for personal reasons, she's also trying to figure out a way to keep up with the Joneses and bump Celia from the race in order to secure the 30th district.

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INTRODUCING... Murphy Guyer as Oren Chase.WHAT'S HIS DEAL?: Remember that guy who hated Frank so much, he created that whole Peachoid scandal? That's Oren Chase and he's getting a reinvigorated moment in the spotlight. Hired by Claire and LeAnn, Chase has been tasked with drudging up a different scandal about his much maligned rival, but this time, it could cost Frank his home state of South Carolina in the primaries.

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INTRODUCING... Eisa Davis as Cynthia Driscoll.WHAT'S HER DEAL?: Frank Underwood's opponent, Heather Dunbar, is pulling out all the stops against her rival, but not without help. Dunbar has hired Cynthia Driscoll as her right-hand woman and it's Driscoll who brings a recently released Lucas Goodwin to her feet. And boy, does he have a lot to say.

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INTRODUCING... Kim Dickens as Kate Baldwin.WHAT'S HER DEAL?: Dickens appeared briefly last season as Kate Baldwin, a White House correspondent for the Wall Street Telegraph who had a fling with Underwood biographer, Thomas Yates. Baldwin is back this season, however, but with a new agenda regarding the relationship between Underwood and his wife.

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INTRODUCING... Joel Kinnaman as GOP presidential candidate William Conway.WHAT'S HIS DEAL?: Character actor Kinnaman is suited up as strapping young GOP candidate Will Conway. The amiable politician causes waves in Underwood's circle when he starts gaining major momentum in the polls.